fme_564610 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - FERDINAND II Médaille, Maria Cristina, reine de Sardaigne
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Price : 500.00 €
Type : Médaille, Maria Cristina, reine de Sardaigne
Date: n.d.
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,10 g.
Edge : cannelée
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Traces de manipulation dans les champs, entre autre au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : MARIA. CRISTINA - REGINA. DI. SARDEGNA.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de face, petit poinçon à gauche du buste (FF).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Blason timbré de trois fleurs de lis, ruban autour. Poinçons à l’exergue : 1 AR, 900, N1.
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - FERDINAND II
(8/11/1830-22/05/1859)
Ferdinand II (01/12/1810-05/22/1859) was the son of François King of the Two Sicilies and Marie-Isabelle de Bourbon. He is the half-brother of the Duchess of Berry, Caroline, the mother of Henri V and the nephew of Marie-Amélie, wife of Louis-Philippe I. He succeeded his father in 1830. He was unable to modernize his kingdom and governed as an autocrat. He died in 1859 and his son succeeded him.
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